perfection is such an elusive fish
technically, this (and the other entries uploaded tonight) was written Saturday cuz it was that busy a week, but we'll just put it here to see how well you are paying attention, nyuk nyuk....
ok, this is doable… the big green chair is getting old, so it doesn't sit up well anymore once the footrest is extended, but with a half dozen or so pillows I can prop myself up and sit up comfortably with the footrest up… and because the screen is 17 inches, I turned the chair a foot to the left so I can see the TV just past the right side of the screen… and since I'm not a fan of touchpads, I connected my ball mouse and it sits nicely on the arm of the big green chair… and there are two tables to the right and one to the left for stuff (mail, papers, drinks, snacks, CDs, etc… so yes, for the first time since the purchases, I am feeling comfortable at home with my new old laptop…
the pros start and mostly stay with price at $350 for this machine, though I was generous with the kid just cuz I am a generous sort and the kid needed to pay rent and get his life together… it's got a 2004 sticker on the bottom, though the oldest files are 2003… the system manufacturer is listed as Midern sag168168, model D400VD470V… it lists two processors, x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~3200Mhz, but I think that's a glitch in the system information software as it lists two of a lot of things and I am sure there's only one connected… weird… the BIOS is Phoenix 4.06, 12/16/2003… it's name is Amy, because 12/16 is Amy's birthday… so sentimental, aren't I?...
at the moment, with Outlook Express, Explorer, a couple of IE7 windows, a notepad, a document and system information window open (not to mention a bunch of background stuff running), it's got 541.05 MB of available physical memory out of 1024 MB and there's 2.0 GB total virtual memory and 2.41 GB page file space.. a far cry from the 64 MB total RAM and 10 GB total hard drive I'm used to…
it's got a Toshiba DVD-ROM (SD-R6112) according to system information, but the thing burns CDs fine (yes, already burned a copy of Office 07 for experimentation and giggles) and probably does DVDs fine too as there are a couple of DVD burning programs on the machine) , a 60 GB (23.33 GB free, though it was 30 GB free before I started messing with installing Office 2007 and Access 2000 and IE7 and the plug ins and stuff and didn't seem to reclaim much space after I uninstalled all of Office 2007 except Word, but that's still ok for me… 10 GB of the drive is mp3 files… it's got five different slots for cards of different sizes and shapes, a couple of USB ports, Ethernet (which is how I am connected to the net)… it's supposed to have a camera and TV tuner, but I haven't gotten them to work and the drivers are not installed and I think they might be accessories the kid either forgot about or never got cuz here said he never used them… but it serves my purposes as a semi-portable (it weighs a ton and runs too hot to sit on a lap for long, luckily I have a lap fan… who remembers the vintage days of the lap fan?... or the funny mini-cooper ads I mentioned which were even odder than the current ad by these guys, for that matter, but I digress… and you digress even more if you followed all those links) word processor and internet browser and media player…
unfortunately, I've already used five of the twenty five lives that this copy of Word has due to installing programs and needing to restart the computer… I may have installed crap, but heck, how else to learn without hours and days of searching the web for discussions and forums for information… and then there are the Windows updates that seem numerous as Microsoft is always fixing their never quite right software… maybe I should have looked for a Mac laptop, aye?... yeah, first I'll play with the Mac tower and get spoiled before I give up on MS completely… I could just use my copy to reinstall 07 every now and then if it lets me, but then, all the defaults I like (and the reason I like using a word processor) would have to be reset… and I'll probably either install office 2000 or look for a decent Word processor with a spell checker to write in… and then there's the keyboard to get used to what with some keys in odd places…
yeah, perfection is such an elusive fish…
all in all, it's wonderful :)
ok, this is doable… the big green chair is getting old, so it doesn't sit up well anymore once the footrest is extended, but with a half dozen or so pillows I can prop myself up and sit up comfortably with the footrest up… and because the screen is 17 inches, I turned the chair a foot to the left so I can see the TV just past the right side of the screen… and since I'm not a fan of touchpads, I connected my ball mouse and it sits nicely on the arm of the big green chair… and there are two tables to the right and one to the left for stuff (mail, papers, drinks, snacks, CDs, etc… so yes, for the first time since the purchases, I am feeling comfortable at home with my new old laptop…
the pros start and mostly stay with price at $350 for this machine, though I was generous with the kid just cuz I am a generous sort and the kid needed to pay rent and get his life together… it's got a 2004 sticker on the bottom, though the oldest files are 2003… the system manufacturer is listed as Midern sag168168, model D400VD470V… it lists two processors, x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~3200Mhz, but I think that's a glitch in the system information software as it lists two of a lot of things and I am sure there's only one connected… weird… the BIOS is Phoenix 4.06, 12/16/2003… it's name is Amy, because 12/16 is Amy's birthday… so sentimental, aren't I?...
at the moment, with Outlook Express, Explorer, a couple of IE7 windows, a notepad, a document and system information window open (not to mention a bunch of background stuff running), it's got 541.05 MB of available physical memory out of 1024 MB and there's 2.0 GB total virtual memory and 2.41 GB page file space.. a far cry from the 64 MB total RAM and 10 GB total hard drive I'm used to…
it's got a Toshiba DVD-ROM (SD-R6112) according to system information, but the thing burns CDs fine (yes, already burned a copy of Office 07 for experimentation and giggles) and probably does DVDs fine too as there are a couple of DVD burning programs on the machine) , a 60 GB (23.33 GB free, though it was 30 GB free before I started messing with installing Office 2007 and Access 2000 and IE7 and the plug ins and stuff and didn't seem to reclaim much space after I uninstalled all of Office 2007 except Word, but that's still ok for me… 10 GB of the drive is mp3 files… it's got five different slots for cards of different sizes and shapes, a couple of USB ports, Ethernet (which is how I am connected to the net)… it's supposed to have a camera and TV tuner, but I haven't gotten them to work and the drivers are not installed and I think they might be accessories the kid either forgot about or never got cuz here said he never used them… but it serves my purposes as a semi-portable (it weighs a ton and runs too hot to sit on a lap for long, luckily I have a lap fan… who remembers the vintage days of the lap fan?... or the funny mini-cooper ads I mentioned which were even odder than the current ad by these guys, for that matter, but I digress… and you digress even more if you followed all those links) word processor and internet browser and media player…
unfortunately, I've already used five of the twenty five lives that this copy of Word has due to installing programs and needing to restart the computer… I may have installed crap, but heck, how else to learn without hours and days of searching the web for discussions and forums for information… and then there are the Windows updates that seem numerous as Microsoft is always fixing their never quite right software… maybe I should have looked for a Mac laptop, aye?... yeah, first I'll play with the Mac tower and get spoiled before I give up on MS completely… I could just use my copy to reinstall 07 every now and then if it lets me, but then, all the defaults I like (and the reason I like using a word processor) would have to be reset… and I'll probably either install office 2000 or look for a decent Word processor with a spell checker to write in… and then there's the keyboard to get used to what with some keys in odd places…
yeah, perfection is such an elusive fish…
all in all, it's wonderful :)
Labels: choices, comfort, compromise, computers, environs, home, hope, sleepdep, smile, software, techno-meep, web gadgets
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